CSU's Ryan Williams, who was named the Mountain West Conference's coach of the year Sunday, signals a play to his team during Friday night's win over Wyoming at Moby Arena.

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CSU's Ryun Williams, who orchestrated one of the biggest single-season turnarounds in school history, was named the Mountain West Conference women's basketball Coach of the Year, and freshman Ellen Nystrom received four honors in all-conference voting, announced Sunday.

Williams guided Colorado State University to a 23-6 regular-season record and the school's first MW title in 12 years with a 15-3 league record in his second season as coach. CSU begins play in the MW tournament on Tuesday in Las Vegas as the No. 1 seed. The Rams were 11-19 overall and 7-9 in the MW a year ago.